Chapter 6 Use With A Zip Drive; Connecting A Zip Drive; Initializing The Disk (Drive Initialize); Select The Zip Drive As The Recording Destination (Drive Select) - Roland VXpanded VS-880 Owner's Manual

Chapter 6 Use with a Zip drive

Disk drives such as hard disks or magneto-optical disks can
be connected to the SCSI connector of the VS-880.
This chapter will explain the procedure for using the VS-880
with a Zip drive in particular. Read this chapter when you
wish to record a performance on a Zip drive. If you are
using the VS-880 with a hard disk or magneto-optical disk
instead, read ÒZip driveÓ as Òhard diskÓ or Òmagneto-opti-
cal disk.Ó

Connecting a Zip drive

Zip drives can be connected to the SCSI connector of the
VS-880. For details on how to make Zip drive connections,
and how to make the necessary settings, refer to ÒUsing an
external disk driveÓ (p.130).
Initializing the disk
(Drive Initialize)
Before using a new disk drive or a disk drive that was used
by another device, you must initialize the disk drive so that
it can be used by the VS-880. Use the following procedure.
1. Insert a disk into the Zip drive.
2. Press [SYSTEM].
If a message with a question mark such as ÒSYS System
PRM?Ó does not appear, press [SYSTEM] once again.
3. Use PARAMETER [
][
Initialize" display, and press [YES].
4. The display will indicate "Init.Drive," so use the
TIME/VALUE dial to select the disk drive that you wish
to initialize (IDE, SC0–SC7).
The number of the disk drive indicates its SCSI ID num-
ber.
5. Press PARAMETER [
] to get the "PhysicalFmt" dis-
play, and use the TIME/VALUE dial to select whether or
not the disk will be physically formatted.
If the disk drive has been used by another device, select
ÒOn.Ó If the disk drive is new, physical formatting has
probably been performed, so in this case select ÒOff.Ó
6. Press PARAMETER [
] to get the "Partition" display.
Use the TIME/VALUE dial to select the size of the parti-
tion. Normally you will select "1000 MB."
7. Press [YES] to get the "SYS Init.SC5:U OK ?" display.
Press [YES], and a message of ÒSYS Init.SC5: U Sure?Ó
will ask for confirmation. Press [YES] once again to exe-
cute initialization. To cancel initialization, press [NO].
When initialization ends correctly, the VS-880 will auto-
matically re-start, and enter Play condition.
* When initializing a large-capacity disk drive, be aware
that some time will be required. This is not a malfunction.
The progress of initialization will be shown in the display,
so be sure not to turn the power off until initialization is
complete.
] to get the "SYS Drive
Select the Zip drive as the
recording destination
(Drive Select)
If you wish to record a song on another disk drive or parti-
tion, use the following procedure to switch the current
drive.
1. If you wish to specify a removable disk drive as the cur-
rent drive, insert the disk.
2. Press [SYSTEM].
If a message with a question mark such as ÒSYS System
PRM?Ó does not appear, press [SYSTEM] once again.
3. Use PARAMETER [
][
Select" display, and press [YES]. When you press
[YES], the connected disk drives will be scanned.
4. Use the TIME/VALUE dial to select the disk drive.
The internal hard disk is displayed as ÒIDE,Ó and exter-
nal disk drives are displayed as ÒSC0ÐSC7Ó (the num-
ber is the SCSI ID number). Numbers following the disk
drive name are partition numbers. For example to select
the Zip drive, specify ÒSC5:0Ó.
5. When you have made your selection, press [YES].
The display will indicate ÒSYS Change to,Ó so press
[YES] once again to execute the change of current drive.
To cancel, press [NO].
] to get the "SYS Drive
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